There are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy.
(Shakespeare, Hamlet)
Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.
(Confucius)
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (Ephesians 6:12).
All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players. ~Shakespeare

Seeking the Truth Behind the Pomp and Pageantry of the World

POMP - STATELY OR BRILLIANT DISPLAY; OSTENTATIOUS SHOW OR DISPLAY

PAGEANTRY - EMPTY SHOW; FLASHY DISPLAY.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Felt like posting these lyrics by Klaus Nomi, avant-garde German 'Space-Man' and 'Star-Man' who was here for a time to share Universal Truths and then went back to wherever he came from. To me, these words are very inspiring and eminently optimistic.

Well I told you about the total eclipse now
but still it caught you unaware
But I'm telling you hold on, hold on
Tomorrow we'll be there
And even though you went to church upon Sunday
you thought you didn't even have a prayer
But I'm telling you hold on, hold on
Tomorrow we'll be there

chorus
After the fall we'll be born, born, born again
after it all blows away
after the fall, after the fall
after it all blows away

We'll take a million years of civilization
We're gonna give it the electric chair
But I'm telling you hold on, hold on
Tomorrow we'll be there

I see a hundred million lonely mutants
they are glowing in their dark despair
But I'm telling you hold on, hold on
Tomorrow we'll be there

chorus

Well the freak shall inherit the earth now
No matter how well done or rare
But I'm telling you hold on, hold on
Tomorrow we'll be there
We'll build our radioactive castles
out in the radioactive air
And I'm telling you hold on, hold on
Tomorrow we'll be there

The reason this is important, because technology harnessed like this and more can save our world from mainstream energy sources, the ones that are constantly being shown as the only way.. pomp and pageantry my friends.. all a show.. to hide the truth.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Remember this scene from The Dark Knight when the Joker, played brilliantly by the late Heath Ledger of course burns the money? This is interesting because it represents just how truly reckless and a lover of chaos this symbolic character was.. so reckless in fact, that even what represents power to him was not important. If we dig deeper, what we come to find was that this figure actually worships Chaos.. as if it were an entity, a thing. Chaos - which has neither rhyme nor reason, and causes despair and destruction, is the true nature of the so-called 'dark side' and the 'Devil.' Furthermore, this character can further represent the deep hidden rage of the collective unconscious of the 'power elite' perhaps.. where at bottom, they are chaotic reckless children.. yet highly dangerous at the same time.. actually, what could be more dangerous than a reckless, chaotic, child full of endless rage and a sense of entitlement? This is reminiscent of the Greek myth of Saturn, one of the highest of the high of the Olympian Gods, master of Time and Space, Titan of the Skies was he, who, afraid that his children would end up destroying him, devoured them as soon as they were born. The highly rich and elite of the world are taught to be by their very upbringing and also the fact that they can basically buy anything, including power and prestige. Yet, if at one point, one of them wishes to usurp the father, they would most likely be devoured. In the Dark Knight (symbolic again), we feel a sense of sympathy somehow for this character, the Joker, which is actually ironic, since he doesn't joke. We can somehow see his vulnerability, although with every step, he burns it away like this cash.. isn't that funny, however? In light of economic realities today, which did not exist at the time of this movie, at least not in this capacity, isn't that ironic, that this reckless, chaotic man-child burns away all the cash..? Because again, that is not what is important, it is a tool, it is what is done with it that counts, the chaos and destruction it causes, whether it is given or taken away..